Today’s Comics Guide: May 29, 2011

• There’s less than three days left to vote in this year’s CBG Fan Awards. Have you picked your favorites of 2010 yet? The deadline is this Tuesday, May 31. A special thanks to creators encouraging their fans to get the vote out. (Brent Frankenhoff)

• Have you checked out our Memorial Day ‘Weekend sale at Shop.Collect.com? The official online bookstore of CBG is offering an additional 20% off through tomorrow, May 30 by using promo code MEMORIAL2011 at checkout. (Brent Frankenhoff)

Yesterday’s Panel Quiz Answer

The first words said in comics by Woozie Winks were, “Ho hum!” He said them in Police Comics #13 (Nov 42).

Today’s Panel Quiz

Whose first lines in comics were, “We heard your summons! Use these objects to escape, Luthor! We’ll soon join you in your own time!”?

Do you have a show coming up? Let us know! You can e-mail the information to showscalendar@krause.com or mail it to Show Calendars, Comics Buyer’s Guide, 700 E. State St., Iola, WI 54945.If you have a creator appearance scheduled, let us know by e-mail tobrent.frankenhoff@fwmedia.com.

Question of the Week

Which of this summer’s comics-related movies are you looking forward to?

The best answer received to this week’s question (in our opinion) will receive one of the glossy wraparound covers from CBG #1000 that we just found in the archives while researching our 40th anniversary. So, c’mon, tell us your plans, share your memories, make us smile, and you could hold a piece of CBG history in your hand! Send us your answer in the “Leave a Reply” area below.

Comics-Related Media

• It’s not really about Hasbro’s action figures, but Turner Classic Movies has The Story of G.I. Joe (1945) at 8 p.m. E.T. as part of its Memorial Day war movie marathon. (It’s really about World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle and stars Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum.)